Local writing groups are great. Trust me, if I could find one, I would love it. But I can’t, and so I’ve struggled to eke out my own writing community. Guess what? Turns out they’re online. Thousands of writers of all genres who congregate on hashtags across social media sites.

Twitter chats are a great jumping off point if you don’t know where to look. I’ve found 31 for you. Search the list below for which ones you might be interested in checking out, add a reminder to your calendar, and join in the discussions.

Below my list of active Twitter chats are 15 sad, lonely defunct ones. Who knows? Maybe you’re just the writer to start one of these guys up again. Just do your research first to make sure it’s still inactive, and maybe reach out to the person who originally ran the hashtag and ask permission as a courtesy.

And if I’ve missed any chats, or you’re starting a new one, shout at me in the comments, and I’ll add it.

Active Twitter Chats List: For a better chat experience, try using www.tweetchat.com at the dates and times indicated below.

I’ve never done a twitter chat. I have trouble keeping up with the feeds, but I recently found Tweek Deck, but have not tried keeping up with a chat with it. I’m a beginner with Twitter but brand new–know enough to stuff wrong, lol. Thanks for the list I’ll check some out. Juneta @ Writer’s Gambit

I never actually participated in a twitter chat, but I have observed, and they’re actually not too hard to follow, once you get into the swing of things. This list looks amazing. There are some really specialized ones on there that I hadn’t heard of before, and that might be a good fit for me. I’ll check them out!

Hi Mariah! Have you tried tweetchat.com? It makes the chats easier to follow than on the regular Twitter app. Just log into tweetchat at the specified time. The hosts (as indicated above) usually announce a theme and provide questions for participants to answer. You can hop around, see what everyone is answering/saying, reply to people, learn something new, meet some people. 🙂

Wow! What a cool post. I am also actively looking for a writer’s group Raimey. I will have to check a few out of the groups out and find out what it is all about. What is your topic you like to write the most? Sorry to answer your post with a question 🙂

I happen to like questions. 🙂 With respect to blogging, I’m trying to dig out a niche for myself in writing about marketing for authors. This post loosely fits with that theme, seeing as a couple of the Twitter chats are exclusively about marketing. If you’re referring to what type of fiction I like to write, definitely crime fiction. You?

I don’t tend to follow twitter chats – occasionally one will start trending or pop up on my feed, like Devon Business Hour, or something equally specific and unhelpful – but I never know what’s coming up in advance. I’ll take a look at a few of these though!

Raimey you really provide such great practical advice. Thank you. I have done twitter chats for my day job, not for my writing, and I found them enjoyable and engaging. I’ll have to try a few of these and see where it goes.

Thanks for the info. I wish I could keep up with chats, but by the time I think up a response to something (and corrected the dozen of typos I make), everyone’s onto the next topic. Have a great Thursday!

Hi Ramey, thanks for stopping by earlier! I haven’t done much in the way of Twitter chats but hey I’m willing to give it a go. I’ll check a few out. Always looking to meet up with new people and see what they’re doing.

I’ve decided to start up the #FantasyChat again in April, but I’m going to handle it like #WIPJoy with a list of questions for each day of the month. That way people can participate whenever they want because timezones are annoying. Hehe.

OMG, you’re a rock star! I wonder if it classify then as more of a Twitter game than a Twitter chat. Blah, who knows? The definitions are so loose. Let me know when you have this going, and I’ll change it here, and I’m also happy to tweet about it.

Will do! I made a graphic for it but I just realized I only put the first 20 days; it makes more sense to do it a week at a time. Duh. I’ll probably reach out again toward the end of March. I’m hoping to start it up in April.

Great list! Can you kindly add #ThinkBeContent to your list? It’s on the last Wednesday of every month at 9pm ET and moderated by @tajafox. Details can be found here: https://www.tajafox.com/thinkbecontent/ 🙂

This looks like a fantastic chat, Taja! This list, though, is more for chats about writing books, and yes, a lot of book writers have blogs, but if I added all the blogging chats, this would be a long list indeed!

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